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“We let you down”: Rovio promised fans to return the old Angry Birds series games to the storeys

Rovio has written an open letter to its fans explaining the reasons for removing its old games from the stores. We are talking, first of all, about Angry Birds Classic and Angry Birds Seasons. Due to the increased requests from players, the company will return these projects to Google Play and the App Store in an updated form so that they meet modern standards.The letter was published on the Rovio website on June 22.
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Mysterious indie game or Silent Hill by Kojima: what is behind the theories about the Abandoned horror from Blue Box

Abandoned is an upcoming indie horror from Blue Box Studio. Almost nothing is known about the team or the game itself. However, thanks to fan theories about its connection with Silent Hill and the provocations of developers, it has become one of the most discussed projects of 2021. We talk in detail about who is hiding behind the Blue Box, and whether Hideo Kojima has anything to do with it.
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“Destroy my game”: a new section with honest reviews for developers has appeared on Reddit

The Reddit community decided to help indie developers get unbiased reviews of their games. For these purposes, the Destroy My Game subreddit appeared on the site (Destroy my Game), whose users should point out the pros and cons of the proposed projects without embellishment and as honestly as possible.An example of one of the projects submitted to the court of Destroy My Game users
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EA temporarily allowed players to watch the contents of the loot boxes in FIFA Ultimate Team before buying them

Electronic Arts has decided to partially revise the system of loot boxes in the FIFA series of games. To do this, the company temporarily gave players the opportunity to find out the contents of packs in the Ultimate Team mode before buying them. However, this promotion has a number of limitations.This is how the new packs look in the game (on the right you can see the timer with the remaining time until a new…
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The XYZ School Scandal: how the post of the deceived students of the course led to the departure of the editorial board of the media direction

Over the weekend, XYZ School, known for its game-dev courses, found itself in the center of a big scandal. It all started with a collective letter from deceived students who could not get a fully paid course program for almost nine months. The post caused a great resonance, and after the official response of the management, the editorial board of the media direction left the company.
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PUBG Mobile has returned to India. The number of pre-registrations in the game exceeded 20 million people

Indian gamers can download PUBG Mobile again nine months after the ban. The game became available on Android under the new name Battlegrounds Mobile India, and its content was censored. At the same time, the return turned out to be successful — in just two weeks, the project collected over 20 million pre-registrations on Google Play.Battlegrounds Mobile India is now available for download on Google Play for all Indian users.